Jeff Bezos backed Slate: A $20K Customizable Automobile/Truck -- $50 Order Reservations are Being Taken

[flvegan]

5. Why?

I've expressed my opinion on this...thing, elsewhere on DU. For fun, I searched for used electric cars in my area, max price $25k, no more than 18 months old. I found (omitting Teslas):

A Vinfast (lol, no thanks)
Multiple Nissan Leaf hatchbacks
Multiple Nissan Ariyas
Couple VW ID.4
Mini Cooper
Subaru Solterra
Fisker Ocean (another lol, no)
Several Chevy Bolts
One Toyota bZ4X
Couple Kia Niro Wind
Honda Prologue (I think this price was a mistake)

Pretty sure they all came with a/c, electric windows, Apple/Android, a warranty and a dealership network (except the Fisker and Vinfast). A couple of them that I actually looked at (online) had heated/ventilated seats, premium audio, lane keeping/safety stuff and sat nav.

Maybe the Slate will be a hit for fleet sales. Not sure why average people would buy them, or maybe I should say how many average people would buy them. Sure, they'll be all over the idiot "influencer" sphere. I can see the clickbait exclamatory BRIGHT YELLOW ALL CAP LETTERS WITH MANDATORY ARROW POINTING TO NOTHING IN PARTICULAR thumbnails already.